Crosby Simon b. 06 AUG 1637 Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA d. 26 JAN 1725/26 Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA

1637 - 1726

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Birth 06 Aug 1637 Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA [1]

Gender Male

_UPD 07 OCT 2009 18:43:13 GMT-5

Died 26 Jan 1725/26 Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA [1]

Person ID I5408 Alan Donald Vibber

Last Modified 08 Dec 2009

Father Crosby Simon, b. 1608, Holme On, Spalding Moor, Yorkshire, England, U.K. , d. Sep 1639, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA

Mother Brigham Ann, b. 1619, Holme On, Spalding Moor, Yorkshire, England, U.K. , d. 1639

Family ID F2326 Group Sheet

Family Brackett Rachel, b. 03 Nov 1639, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA , d. 07 May 1748, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA

Married 15 Jul 1659 [2]

Children

	1. Crosby Simon, b. 1663, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA , d. Dec 1717, Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
	2. Crosby Joseph, b. 05 Jul 1669

Family ID F2325 Group Sheet

Notes	(II) Simon Crosby, son of Simon Crosby (i), was born in Cambridge in August, 1637. Married, July 15, 1659, Rachel Brackett, daughter of Deacon Richard Brackett, of Braintree. He settled in Billerica,Massachusetts, on the north side of Bare Hill, and became a large landholder, innkeeper and leading citizen. He was representative and deputy to the Provincial assembly in 1691 and 1697-98. He died there January 22, 1725-26. Children: i. Rachel, born August 20, 1660; married, January 6, 1685, Ephraim Kidder. 2. Simon, born 1663, mentioned below. 3. Thomas, born March 10, 1665-66. 4. Joseph, born July 5, 1669. 5. Hannah, born March 30, 1672, married Samuel Danforth. 6. Nathan, born February 9, 1674-75. 7. Josiah, born November 11, 1677. 8. Mary, born November 23, 1680, married John Blanchard. 9. Sarah, born July 27, 1684, married William Rawson, of Braintree, October 26, 1706.

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[S287] Brackett genealogy: descendants of Anthony Brackett of Portsmouth and Captain Richard Brackett of Braintree. With biographies of the immigrant fathers, their sons, and others of their posterity, Herbert Ierson Brackett, (Name: H. I. Brackett, 1907;), 119 (Reliability: 3).